We just got official confirmation from motherboard and chipset manufacturers in Taiwan -- AMD has moved the official launch date of Athlon 64 DDR2 up two weeks to May 23, 2006. AMD roadmaps have previously put the AM2 launch at June 6, 2006 (during Computex 2006), but since motherboards and CPUs are already completed, the launch will be pushed up. AMD insiders tell us Conroe's launch date was also a factor in pushing the AM2 launch date up, though even we do not know the exact date Intel's Conroe will launch.

That idea about computing both branches of a prediction sounds like a very neat way of boost AI performance in games. With more cores, more branches can be predicted. Perhaps with technology like this, we will begin to truly see dual-core performance shine where it previously had not.

The best way to achieve better multi-core performance is for applications to better multi-threaded in designed. This not only helps with multi( not just dual ) core cpus but also with dual and multi cpu computers.

Trying to make dual cores work as single core will likely cause more overhead than hyperthreading itself.

quote: The best way to achieve better multi-core performance is for applications to better multi-threaded in designed. This not only helps with multi( not just dual ) core cpus but also with dual and multi cpu computers.

Well, obviously , yes, but a CPU can't dynamically recompile existing applications to make them multi-threaded! It's conceivable that something like speculative execution could squeeze a little bit more performance out of a single-threaded app. AMD have certainly got to do something .